The 25 Most Famous Americans

Take a look to see where historical figures rank

By By Kolten Parker and Cinde Ramirez

on March 17, 2014 9:58 AM

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MIT's Pantheon study ranks most famous humans

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently released Pantheon, a massive undertaking by the school's
Media Lab that gauges the “global popularity of historical
characters” by analyzing data on worldwide
Wikipedia page views, among other things. We've ranked the study's top 25 Americans. Do any of their findings surprise you? less

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently released Pantheon, a massive undertaking by the school's Media Lab that gauges the “global popularity of historical characters” by analyzing data on ... more